Peter Charleton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Charleton

Irish judge

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1956

Place of Birth: Castleknock, Leinster, Ireland

Profession: judge

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Peter Charleton (born 11 April 1956) is an Irish judge who has served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland since June 2014.
He previously served as a Judge of the High Court from 2006 to 2014.He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and King's Inns.
He was called to the Bar in 1979, and became a Senior Counsel in 1995.
He was appointed as a Judge of the High Court in 2006, and assigned to the Commercial Court from 2010. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in June 2014.He is the author of a number books on criminal law and has also published on family and constitutional law, copyright, extradition and judicial review.
He lectured in Trinity College Dublin and the King's Inns.
He worked as Senior Counsel for the Morris Tribunal into allegations of corruption in the Donegal division of the Garda Síochána.
In 2017, he was appointed sole member of the Disclosures Tribunal investigation other allegations of Garda malpractice.
He published two substantive reports as chair of the Tribunal.He is also Chairman of the National Archives of Ireland advisory council, and a member of the board of the Irish Baroque Orchestra.
He was a founder of the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir.